Written Answers Monday 7 January 2008

Scottish Executive

Airports

David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive which airports have throughput of less than one million passengers per year.

Stewart Stevenson: Airports providing scheduled air services in Scotland with less than one million passengers per year are set out in the following table:

  

 Airports Operating Scheduled Flights
 Airport Operator


 Barra
 Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL)


 Benbecula
 HIAL


 Campbeltown
 HIAL


 Dundee
 HIAL


 Inverness
 HIAL


 Islay
 HIAL


 Kirkwall
 HIAL


 Stornoway
 HIAL


 Sumburgh
 HIAL


 Tiree
 HIAL


 Wick
 HIAL


 Eday
 Orkney Islands Council (OIC)


 North Ronaldsay
 OIC


 Papa Westray
 OIC


 Sanday
 OIC


 Stronsay
 OIC


 Westray
 OIC


 Fair Isle
 Shetland Islands Council (SIC)


 Foula
 SIC


 Out Skerries
 SIC


 Papa Stour
 SIC

Culture

Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North and Leith) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how much is being spent in 2007-08 on (a) National Museums of Scotland, (b) National Galleries of Scotland and (c) the National Library of Scotland and how these figures compare with planned expenditure.

Linda Fabiani: The information on budgets for the National Museums, Galleries and Library for 2007-08 is set out in the following table (£ Million):

  

 
2007-08
Scottish Budget Spending Review 
2007 Baseline Budget
2007-08 Current
Grant-in-Aid Offer
2007-08 Forecast Outturn


 National Museums Scotland
 31.564
 32.764
 34.932


 National Galleries of Scotland
 15.739
 15.739
 17.517


 National Library of Scotland
 18.867
 20.142
 20.737


 Total
 66.170
 68.645
 73.186

Culture

Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North and Leith) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive which budgets are included in Cultural Collections, as shown on page 80 of Scottish Budget: Spending Review 2007 , and how much will be allocated to each from the planned 2008-09 culture budget.

Linda Fabiani: The breakdown of the draft budget for the Cultural Collections for 2008-09 is set out in the following table (£ Million):

  

 Cultural Collections
2008-09
Draft Budget


 National Museums Scotland
 33.725


 National Galleries of Scotland
 16.487


 National Library of Scotland
 19.542


 Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
 4.855


 Cultural Collections (general) 
 5.400


 Local Museums and Libraries
 4.841


 New Government Priorities
 3.764


 Total
 88.6

Culture

Cathy Jamieson (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place between Scottish ministers or officials and the Scottish Arts Council regarding artist-in-residence schemes.

Linda Fabiani: There have not been any specific discussions on this issue. However, the Scottish Arts Council supports a number of residencies of different types. These include ones which allow artists an opportunity to spend a period of time concentrating on developing their work and those where artists work within a community project.

  The Scottish Arts Council is still in the process of exploring the development of a public art policy with an external reference group and I look forward to seeing the results of this work in due course.

Culture

Cathy Jamieson (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the supplementary to question S30-1147 by Linda Fabiani on 8 November 2007 ( Official Report , c. 3226) what further information the Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture has received from the Scottish Arts Council regarding the establishment of artist-in-residence schemes.

Linda Fabiani: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-6615 on 7 January 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search .

  In addition the Scottish Arts Council notes artists in residence programmes can often play an important role in public art projects that are partner funded.

  You may also be interested to know that there are currently over 70 artists in residence projects either underway or planned. Of these, some directly involve colleges, universities and libraries, but most mainly concentrate on schools, youth work, communities, and health.

Museums

Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North and Leith) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will spend on the Royal Museum Project in each of the next three years.

Linda Fabiani: As set out in our Scottish Budget: Spending Review 2007 , we are providing £11.6 million over the next three years to complete the Royal Museum Project.